Alabama · Census place 0182848

Wilsonville, Alabama

Wilsonville is a town in Shelby County, Alabama with an estimated 1,948 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 193rd largest of 257 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,948
#193 of 257 in Alabama
Change since 2020
+4.7%
+88 people
Land area
10.6 sq mi
+ 0.22 sq mi water
Density
183 / sq mi
State median 715
Orange pin: Wilsonville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Montgomery.

Wilsonville population, 2020 to 2024

Wilsonville added 88 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +24.

1,86020201,87120211,89020221,92420231,9482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,856. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wilsonville covers 10.64 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 183 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Wilsonville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wilsonville is in

All of Wilsonville's residents live in Shelby County, which had 235,969 residents in 2024. Wilsonville holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wilsonville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wilsonville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 35186. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Wilsonville is

The Census internal point of Wilsonville is at 33.240800, -86.491100. Montgomery, the capital, is 60.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbiana, AL (4,904 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Birmingham, AL, 26.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.240800, -86.491100
DMS
33°14'26.88"N 86°29'27.96"W
UTM
16N 547410.0E 3678098.0N
Geohash
djfmpg71e
Plus code
865M6GR5+8H

Daylight in Wilsonville

At 33.24° N, Wilsonville gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wilsonville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Harpersville, 6.4 miles away, with 1,925 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wilsonville, AL?

1,948 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 88 (4.7%) from 1,860 in July 2020.

What county is Wilsonville in?

Shelby County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Wilsonville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 35186.

How far is Wilsonville from Montgomery?

60.7 miles (97.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Wilsonville.

What is the nearest larger city to Wilsonville?

Columbiana, AL, with 4,904 residents, 8.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.